Great presentation—the label shows a crowd who's had enough and ain't afraid to advertise the coming revolution. All that discontent packaged in a wine bottle, cork-finished and caged; the parallels to the velvet revolution are obvious. Now, the idea that we'd need to dethrone the Czech Pilsner is a bit ballsy, for sure; but the brewers clearly have faith that this beer will lead people to question everything. Pours a golden straw-honey color, wi...

The success of Jopen (named after an ancient Dutch brewing vessel), led to their follow up launch of Jopen KOYT, a traditional gruit beer containing absolutely no hops (fans of the Wild Ride IPA we're featuring this month from Wisconsin's Sand Creek Brewing Company may shudder at the thought, but it's a solid beer well worth trying if you ever chance upon it). Encouraged by the success of their traditional beers, Jopen's Haarlem brewers brought a...

With the enormous variety of commercially available Oktoberfest beers out there, we opted to send you something a bit out of the ordinary to have on hand for your Oktoberfest celebrations: an Oktoberfest Weisse—Mahr's Festtags Weisse. (Festtags means 'holiday' in German, so technically, you could enjoy this brew on any special occasion, but this one's released around the Oktoberfest season). But then it turned out that we had to delay bringing th...

We must tip our hats to Head Brewmaster Todd Krueger for this true to style Oatmeal Stout. But we're not surprised by how well this Siebel-trained, three-time World Beer Championship gold medalist brews his beers. This beer is gorgeous—very nearly black with that perfect stout head—medium tan—beginning mammoth in size and fading to a beautiful covering that consists of bubbles so small, you can barely discern them. Expect a massive chocolate nose...

Get ready for a Wild Ride. This highly hopped IPA is Sand Creek B.C.'s newest beer, and has quickly become their most popular since its introduction earlier this year. Hop heads will delight in the massive Cascade hop nose; expect major pine and grapefruit notes, with a tart, lemony note also present. Malt backbone is evident on the nose, but hops dominate. This beer is so freshly and highly hopped, there's an herbal quality like fresh sage, with...

Their flagship beer, Grand Teton B.C.'s Teton Ale is summed up like so: it's just plain good. And we're not the only ones who think so; a winner of the Silver (2004) and two Bronze Medals (2001 & 2005) from the North American Brewers Association, it comes highly recommended. Here's a fun fact to wow and amaze your friends: the hops used in this brew come from each of four different beer-renowned countries—the UK, the US, the Czech Republic and Ge...

Wyoming's Bitch Creek flows down the west side of the Teton Mountains not far from the Grand Teton Brewing Company's brewhouse in Idaho's Teton Valley. Early French trappers called it "Anse de Biche" (or "Doe Creek"). Perhaps more appropriately, early valley settlers changed the name from the French "Biche" to "Bitch" because its fast flow and steep, rugged canyon made it a challenge to navigate. Like the stream, Bitch Creek ESB presents a torren...